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4nov315.18EmilyBronthitstheheightsinpolltofindgreatestlovestoryTheReadersGuidetoEmilyBrontsWutheringHeights
5. 5nov315.36NarrativeAnalysisTHEENGLISHGOTHICNOVEL:ABRIEFOVERVIEW
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6nov316.17WutheringHeightsstraddlesliterarytraditionsandgenres.ItcombineselementsoftheRomantictaleofevilpossession,andRomanticdevelopmentsoftheeighteenthcenturyGothicnovel,withthedevelopingVictoriantraditionofDomesticfictioninarealistmode.Itsuseoftheballadandfolkmaterial,romanceformsandthefantastic,itsemphasisonthepassions,itsviewofchildhood,andtherepresentationoftheromanticquestforselfhoodandofaspiringindividualism,alllinkthenovelwithRomanticism.Ontheotherhand,thenovelsmovementtowardsarenewedemphasisoncommunityandduty,andtowardsanidealisationofthefamilyseemtobemorecloselyrelatedtotheemergingconcernsofVictorianfiction.EmilyBrontsnovelmixesthesevarioustraditionsandgenresinanumberofinterestingways,sometimesfusingandsometimesjuxtaposingthem.Iwanttodirectattentiontothewaysinwhichthenovelsmixingofgenresmayberelatedtoissuesofgenderbyexaminingsomeofthewaysinwhichspecifichistoricgenresmayberelatedtoparticularhistoricdefinitionsofgender.Pykett,Lyn,EmilyBront.Womenwriters,1989Impossibletocategorise
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7nov1521.32Indeed,muchofthedistinctivenessofEmilyBrontsnovelmaybeattributedtotheparticularwaysinwhichitnegotiatesdifferentliterarytraditions,andbothcombinesandexplorestwomajorfictionalgenrestheGothicandDomesticfictionwhichareusuallyassociatedwiththefemalewritersoftheperiod,althoughbynomeansconfinedtothem.Pykett,Lyn,EmilyBront.Womenwriters,1989
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8nov316.31Initstransitionfrompatriarchaltyranny,masculinecompetition,domesticimprisonmentandtheGothictotherevisedDomesticromanceofthecourtshipandcompanionatemarriageofCatherineandHareton,WutheringHeightsbothparticipatesin,andengageswith,thefeminisationofliteratureandthewiderculturenotedbyArmstrongandSpencer.However,IwouldsuggestthatEmilyBrontsnoveldoesnotsimplyreflectorrepresentthisprocess,butthatitalsoinvestigatesandexploresit.Thenarrativedisruptions,thedislocationsofchronology,themixingofgenresandBrontshistoricaldisplacementofherstory,publishedin1847butsetinacarefullydatedperiodleadinguptoandjustbeyond1801,combinetoproduceanovelwhichgoesbackandtracesbothchangingpatternsoffictionandtheemergenceofnewformsofthefamily.Pykett,Lyn,EmilyBront.Womenwriters,1989
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9nov1519.23However,atthesametimeasWutheringHeightstracestheemergenceofthemodernfamilyanditshegemonicfictionalformofDomesticrealism,otherelementsofthenovelitsdisruptedchronology,itsdislocatednarrativestructure,andthepersistenceofthedisturbingpowerofCatherineandHeathcliffworktogethertokeepotherversionsofdomesticlifebeforethereader:thedomesticspaceasprison,thefamilyassiteofprimitivepassions,violence,struggleandcontrol.InitsmixingofgenresandintheparticulargenresitchoosestomixWutheringHeightsmay,perhaps,beplacedwiththosefemalefictionswhich,asJudithLowderNewtonarguesbothsupportandresistideologieswhichhavetiedmiddleclasswomentotherelativepowerlessnessoftheirlotandwhichhavepreventedthemfromhavingatrueknowledgeoftheirsituation.Pykett,Lyn,EmilyBront.Womenwriters,1989
10. 10nov317.09WutheringHeightsChapter9 11. 11nov1519.23 12.
12nov1519.28 13. 13nov1519.29 14. 14nov1519.33 15.
15nov1519.33Whoarethey? 16. 16nov1519.42 17.
17nov1519.44DOUBLE2houses2narrators2stories2generations2families2setsofvalues1outsiderthatdisruptsitallnomothersnofathers
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19nov1520.09WUTHERINGHEIGHTSASSOCIOECONOMICNOVEL 20.
20nov1520.09THEMESINWUTHERINGHEIGHTS 21.
21nov1520.10PSYCHOLOGICALINTERPRETATIONSOFWUTHERINGHEIGHTS 22.
22nov1520.16Bildungsromanornotbildungsroman?THEVICTORIANBILDUNGSROMAN:TOWARDSAFICTIONALTYPOLOGY
23. 23nov1713.37Chronology 24.
24nov1714.29TheNovelasaWholeTherearehundredsofapproachesyoucantaketoanalyzethenovelasawholeforinstance,Youcanchoosetoanalyzethecharacters(theirdifferencesandreasonsfortheirconflicts)comparethetwofamiliesandtheirfamilytraitsandthenthetwogenerations(seeParallelCharactersforexample)HeathcliffasaSatanicHeroorsymbolofnaturalenergythenarrators(theirfunctions,andtheirdifferencesfromtheprotagonists),theuseofnarrativeframes,andtheotherstructuralelementssuchasechoesandrepetitionthemajormotifsofsicknessanddeath(&responsestoit)thefunctionofthepastasmemoriesandinheritancebooksandlearningtheGothicelementsofghost,storm,nightmare,etc.thenatureimageryandtheothersymbolssuchaswindowandmirror,dogsandanimalstheinteractionbetweenlandscapeandcharactersthethemeofRomanticPassion,theideasofonenessandLiebestod(lovedeath),andhowRomanticPassiongets"domesticated"thethemeofrevenge(seeastudentpaperasanexample):whatdoesHeathcliffwantspecifically?HowishiswayofrevengedifferentfromHindleysorIsabellas?themore"Victorian"issuesofnames(e.g.CatherineIIsfullnameisCatherineLintonHeathcliffEarnshaw),class,propertyandinheritance.(SeeEmilyBrontesWutheringHeights:RomanticorVictorianforexample.)InWutheringHeightsscholarship,therearesomeclassicalapproaches.YoucangetabriefintroductiontosomefromWutheringHeights:asummaryofthreedifferentinterpretations.Also,therearesomeapproachesthatinvolvecriticaltheoriesforinstance,thereisoneexampleofpsychoanalyticapproachhere.Ifyouwanttotakeasociological/Marxistapproach,theWutheringHeightshomepagewillbeveryhelpful.Also,itsinterestingtotalkaboutyourresponsesasareader(readerresponseapproach).SeeAndTheIntendedAudienceIs...(drumrole!)forsomereflectionsontheintendedaudience.Fromtherelevantlinkssectionofthispage,youcangettoreadsomemorepapers(mostlystudentsworkbutsomeverygood).
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26nov1714.33blackline:sonordaughterofifdotteditmeansadoptionredline:weddingifdoubleitmeanssecondweddingpinkline:loveblueline:affectiongreenline:hatelightyellowarea:activeheroesvioletarea:externalobservers
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Allegatigenealogycolourprint.pdfGender_and_Genre.pdfvictoriansoverview1.pptwhintroduction.pptWutheringHights2.pptwutheringheightslec12009.ppt2009wh3overheads.doc2009whoheadslecture4.doc2009wutheringheightslectureohead2.docEmilyBront.docxCHAPTERIX.docxchronology_of_wuthering_heights.pdf
